To: Junior
Whole lines die out, leaving only a few to continue on.I know a guy who has three sisters, no brothers and five daughters.
His father's name will die with him.
Yet his father has 18 grandchildren.
I wouldn't say his father's genes have died out by any stretch of the imagination.
33 posted on
05/25/2005 6:02:55 AM PDT by
wideawake
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To: wideawake; Junior
Family names are (in Western cultures at least) carried by the male line. The studies showing "mitochondrial Eve" use genes that show only the female line. You can't prove you're related to your own father with mtDNA. That's Junior's point.
43 posted on
05/25/2005 6:17:29 AM PDT by
VadeRetro
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To: wideawake
It does happen, however, your example notwithstanding.
181 posted on
05/25/2005 8:28:58 AM PDT by
Junior
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